Re: Transactions through dblink_exec()

Masaru Sugawara wrote:
> Hi, all
>
> While trying dblink_exec(), one of dblink()'s functions, I noticed there was an
> odd situation: case 1 and case 2 worked well, but case 3 didn't(see below).
> I hadn't been aware of it so that I only executed BEGIN and END in
> dblink_exec() at first . This time, however, I noticed it by executing ROLLBACK.
>
> I'm hoping that dblink_exec() returns something like warning if those who intend
> to do transactions make a declaration of blink_exec('dbname=some', 'begin') by mistake.
>
> for example
> WARNING :You should declare dblink_exec('dbname=some', 'BEGIN; some queries;
> COMMIT/ROLLBACK/END;') or use dblink_exec('BEGIN/COMMIT/ROLLBACK/END')
> around dblink_exec('some queries')s. If not, your transactions won't work.

How can dblink() possibly be used safely for non-readonly
transactions without a full implementation of a two-phase commit
protocol? What happens when the remote server issues the COMMIT
and then the local server crashes?

Mike Mascari
mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com